When you think about love, it's hard to not think about some sort of commitment. When two people fall in love, if they are really serious they make a commitment to each other not to see other people. Eventually it gets to the point where they make a legal commitment to each other. Before any relationship gets to this point, they have to have "the talk".
Read Exodus 19:5-6 and journal your thoughts
At this point in their story, God has brought the Hebrews out of Egypt and they've entered the Desert of Sinai and they've set up camp at the base of the mountain. This is right before God gives them the Ten Commandments, it's at this point God gives them "the talk". While this is just a part of the talk, it's an important part of it because God is making a promise to His people.
In this moment God is giving them a glimpse of what will happen if they follow His, but it begins with a condition. This is what the Hebrews are supposed to do; they are to be loyal to their God. They are to be committed to Him, and in return He will be committed to them. In fact, God says that even though everything in this world is His that we are like a precious jewel to Him.
What was true for this band of Hebrews in the middle of the desert is true for us today. When we commit ourselves to our God, when we are loyal to Him we begin to walk in our destiny. We discover just how loyal God is to us, we begin to experience Him in ways we never imagined before, to the point where He treats us as if we are the most precious thing on this planet.
Today pray that God would show you what it looks like to be completely loyal to Him
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